"I want to see her." Jackie told the doctor.
"Ok, follow me."
The doctor led them to another room and gently placed the tiny, cold, lifeless infant in Jackie's arms.
"Baby girl wake up please, please wake up." Jackie begged with tears streaming down her face.
She patted the baby's arm gently as if she expected it to work. When it didn't she gently started tapping the baby's face.
"Hundley wake up sweet girl. Please." She wailed.
The doctor took the baby from her arms.
She turned towards Nick and collapsed her head on his shoulder.
He wrapped his arms around her.
"I'm so sorry Jackie." He whispered in her ear.
"I want to die, I want to die, I want to die." She wailed, each time she said it her voice rose higher.
"No you don't sweetheart, I need you, and the kids need you, Jasmine, Houston, Johnna, Karlie, and Sloan need you, you are their world, they love you, and they need you, I want you to focus on them right now alright." He said as he looked her in the eyes, wiping a tear off of her face.
"It's all my fault, it's all my fault, it's all my fault." She kept repeating over and over.
TBC…
